NFL Draft Fantasy Preview: QBs and TEs (aka Pitchers and catchers report)

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🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Marcas Grant is joined by resident fantasy nerd, Matt Okada, for a special new edition of the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast! This episode marks the start of a four-part series where Marcas and Matt discuss the fantasy potential of incoming NFL players who are likely to be selected in the 2021 NFL Draft. Before getting into that, the hosts react to the fantasy implications of the blockbuster trade sending quarterback Sam Darnold from the New York Jets to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for three draft picks (1:48). Then, Marcas and Matt dive into the incoming rookie QB class and discuss how players such as Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson, Trey Lance, Justin Fields and Mac Jones might perform on fantasy rosters in 2021. (8:44). Next, tight ends take center stage, specifically Kyle Pitts, as the fantasy gurus discuss exactly how far ahead of the pack the Florida prospect is entering the 2021 draft (46:21). Finally, the show wraps with a recap of Aaron Rodgers debut as guest host on Jeopardy! (1:00:09 ). The NFL Fantasy Football Podcast is part of the NFL Podcasts Network.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:14.7	What is up?
0:16.0	Welcome to another edition of the NFL fantasy football show.
0:19.1	It's major man, M.G. Marcus Grant, still masking, socially distancing on the shot.
0:23.6	As we get closer, hopefully to the end of all this, we'll go back to doing real life stuff again.
0:28.6	But in the meantime, we're back here again with another edition.
0:31.6	Join, as always, by producer Steve and joined for the next few weeks by a special guest.
0:37.9	You know him, especially if you watch the fantasy football show in season.
0:41.3	You know him as our resident nerd.
0:43.3	He's also a researcher extraordinaire.
0:45.1	Does his own podcasting on the side.
0:48.1	Fantasy guy, smart guy, fun guy.
0:50.2	Glad to have him on a show.
0:51.1	It is Matt Okada.
0:52.9	Matt, thanks for coming on, man.
0:54.0	How are you?
0:55.2	Doing great after that strong intro. Feeling very uplifted. You're doing pretty good.
1:00.7	We're in the heart of draft season and dynasty season, and that's my favorite part of the year for fantasy.
1:05.7	So this is good stuff. Yeah, I know this is a big time for you. I know you have kind of been up to your eyeballs in prospects, and that was why I wanted to get you on here in the month of April. So this is going to be the start of a four-part series. We will go position by position. Today will be quarterbacks and tight ends because we figured, you know, the numbers are a little bit smaller there so we can sort of combine them into one show. Next week, we'll do running backs, and then we'll finish off
1:31.4	with a two-part show on wide receivers. So the final two weeks of April leading right up until
1:37.2	the NFL draft, we will hit you on the wide receivers who might be, I don't think there's
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